Smoked Turkey Rice Soup

Cheddar cheese makes this smoked turkey and rice soup extra-creamy and flavorful.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 2 hr
• Total Time: 2 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 272 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• ½ cup chopped onion
• ground black pepper to taste
• 1 cup white rice
• ½ cup chopped green bell pepper
• ½ cup chopped red bell pepper
• 2 cups chopped fresh green beans
• 1 cup shredded carrot
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese, or to taste
• 1 (32 fluid ounce) container vegetable broth
• ½ cup chopped celery, or to taste
• 1 ½ cups frozen corn
• 1 smoked turkey carcass
• 1 (4 ounce) package cream cheese, or more to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place turkey carcass in a large soup pot and pour vegetable broth and water over the turkey frame. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until meat falls from the bones, 1 to 2 hours. Remove carcass, pick the meat from the bones, and discard bones. Chop turkey meat and return to broth.

Step 2

Stir green beans, corn, carrot, rice, celery, onion, green bell pepper, and red bell pepper into soup; bring to a simmer and cook until celery is tender and rice is cooked, about 1 more hour. Stir cream cheese and Cheddar cheese into soup until melted and smooth. Season with black pepper.